(March 10, 2017 at 10:40 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote: I bolded your statement above.... this is a correct assessment of what I am saying (as I have stated previously).
Denying or saying that something is false, is making a claim, and carries with that a burden of proof. You are taking a position, and are thus required to support that position.
Doubt or skepticism on the other hand is neutral or a lack of a position. You are neither confirming or denying the thing in question. This doesn't carry a burden of proof, and doesn't require justification. This is because you are not really saying anything about the object in question but about yourself.
If you are making a claim, then you have a burden of proof. Pointing this out is not shifting the burden of proof. If you are merely expressing doubt and not making a claim, then that doesn't need supported.
I watched a little bit of the video.... Off hand, I didn't see anything that goes against what I am saying. However if they are saying that you can make a claim, and not have a burden of proof, they are incorrect.
For your reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoskepticism
If you don't want to believe me, I would suggest that you do some research, and think through why the burden of proof is what it is.
You ever been to a spin class?
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It is the air and light of every heart – builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody – for music is the voice of love.
Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.” - Robert. G. Ingersoll
